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Liar
Liar | Stephen Fry
5 posts | 20 read | 14 to read
Stephen Fry's breathtakingly outrageous debut novel is by turns eccentric, shocking, brilliantly comic and achingly romantic. Adrian Healey loves to lie. He does it all the time. Every minute, every moment. And worse, he does it wonderfully, imaginatively, brilliantly. He lies to buck the system, to express his contempt for convention, but mostly because he just plain likes to. It s fun; it s high camp. He invents a lost pornographic novel by Charles Dickens, and for himself a career as a Piccadilly rent boy hireable by the hour. But Adrian s lies eventually bring realworld danger, as he finds himself caught up in the machinations of a shadowy network that puts his own life at risk. A dazzling, outrageous first novel that has delighted liars everywhere."
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CarolynM
The Liar | Stephen Fry
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#ANewChapter #Liar

Somewhere between a coming of age story and a very silly spy story and at least semi-autobiographical. There are some excellent one liners and some hilarious set pieces. I particularly liked the cricket scene.

Centique Stephen Fry just might be my spirit animal so I‘m going to have to read this 😍 5y
CarolynM @Centique If you like Stephen Fry it's definitely worth reading 5y
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CarolynM
The Liar | Stephen Fry
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1. The tagged book made me laugh a lot, especially the cricket scene
2. February
3. I have a son and a daughter, both now adults
4. Potato chips
5. Of course - Happy Birthday all you September babies🎉🎂🍾🎉

#Friyayintro

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TheKidUpstairs
The Liar | Stephen Fry
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Stephen Fry can always send your mind in circles in the most delightful ways.

(Image via FancyQuote, with the most cliched "inspirational quote" background I could find)

#QuotsyNov17 @TK-421

PS: I don't think this quote is from the tagged book, but it still seemed fitting.

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Book_Gnome
The Liar | Stephen Fry
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Opening line: "'You have a fine brain. A really excellent brain, Mr Healey." #theliar #stephenfry #bookish #bookcover #firstline #bookgnome #book